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Two Women, a Bottle of Wine, and The Bachelor

Duoethnography as a Means to Explore Experiences of Femininity in a Leisure Setting

Callie SpencerEastern Washington UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Karen PaisleyUniversity of Utah
Pages 695-716 | Published online: 13 Dec 2017
 
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Abstract

Callie: Isn't the purpose of an abstract similar to that of the The Bachelor show intro…to sucker you into reading the rest of the paper?

Karen: Yep, and I am not quite sure how to sell something like this in 120 words. The Bachelor does it well with sex scenes, enticing images of stunningly beautiful women on exotic vacations with a typically shirtless man, and scandalous scenes of women fighting and crying.

Callie: OK, so since our paper is about us using duoethnography to explore our experiences of femininity within the leisure space of watching The Bachelor, how do we make that sound sexy and fun enough for people to keep reading?

Karen: Well, we could include this conversation…

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